ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the restoring time of enterokinesia and changes of lactation amount in the postcesarean parturient and to probe into effects of acupoint embedding thread.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Three hundred postcesarean parturients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group. The control group and the observation group were treated with routine obstetric treatment, with catgut embedding at Zusanli (ST 36) and Shangjuxu (ST 37) added in the observation group.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The observation group in the restoring time of enterokinesia, the time of first exsufflation from the anus, the time of secretion of foremilk, the time of milk meeting the need of the new-born and the breast-feeding rate of 42 days all were better than the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Catgut embedding at Zusanli (ST 36) and Shangjuxu (ST 37) has a benign regulative action on enterokinesia and lactation in the postcesarean parturient.</p>